Over on the SaveOurNorthsideLibrary.com website, we’ve been posting the latest news about our and the community’s efforts to get the Northside Branch library opened. Several hundred community members, children, and citizens attended the most recent rally, and heard the latest news about what has been happened and what can and still must be done. Over …
Continue reading “Updates from the SaveOurNorthsideLibrary.com website”
Sign up for a 30 minute, one-on-one session with Anne Davenport, an expert on resumes and interviewing with many years experience as a hiring manager. She offers an efficient review of a resume or tips for a successful interview. Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2:00 – 4:30pm Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February …
Continue reading “Expert Resume Review and Interview Tips, in February”
On Saturday, December 8th, 2012, the second annual Holiday Craft Faire will be held in the Central Library, from 10am until 4pm. Many vendors will be there, selling items like hand-made jewelry, candles, soaps, clothing, and other items. If you’re a vendor and would like to get a table, well, they’re filling up fast, so …
Last week, the foundation helped fund “An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe”, presented by Duffy Hudson, at the Central Park Library. This one-man play provided a look at Poe’s life, books and was seen by a packed room of children and adults.
Local estate planning attorney Eric B. Norris will update us on the current status of the estate tax exemption (due to expire at the end of this year). He will tell us why every Californian needs an Advance Health Care Directive, and will explain how you can get your Advance Health Care Directive done without an attorney. Eric …
Continue reading “Estate Planning and Advance Health Care Directive Seminar”
Every summer, the Santa Clara Library has a program, “Summer Reading”, with a number of events for children, teens, and adults. Starting June 1st, anyone can sign up at the city library website to participate. Summer Reading is a sponsored in part by the Santa Clara Library Foundation & Friends, and that means that every summer the …
This year’s Santa Clara Holiday Historic Home Tour is this weekend, Friday, December 2nd from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, December 3rd from Noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are still available for purchase at City Lights Espresso, 1171 Homestead Road, Santa Clara through Friday or at the Harris-Lass Museum, 1889 Market Street, Santa Clara on …
From 1965 through the 1970s, the Friends of the Santa Clara Public Library and the Santa Clara Art Association (originally known as the “Mission City Artists”) collaborated to sponsor a Santa Clara Annual Art Show in the Central Library. All media were accepted: painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, and mosaic. Three of these paintings have been …
Continue reading “A View of the Past: Historic Watercolor Paintings Hung in Gallery”
Read Santa Clara has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust toward their work with the teen mothers at the Young Parents Center (YPC) of Wilson High School to encourage them to read for pleasure and to share a love of reading with their young children. The Foundation & Friends teamed …
Continue reading “Teen Moms Win with Grant from Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust”
The library is starting an English as Second Language (ESL) Conversation Club and is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the program. The club will offer a comfortable environment for adults with limited English language skills to practice speaking in English. In consultation with library staff, the ESL Conversation Club Coordinator will: Recruit, orient, and …